French army extends airstrike to Mali’s northern town
The French air force on Sunday extended strike further north to Gao, one of the three major towns controlled by rebels in northern Mali, according to reports from local residents and official sources in Paris.
A photo released on Jan. 12, 2013 by French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) shows French soldiers boarding a fighter plane to Mali on Jan. 11, 2013 at Kossei camp at the French military base of N'Djamena in Chad. French President Francois Hollande announced that French forces had launched military intervention on Friday in support of Malian troops countering Islamist rebels' offensive. Net photo.